ERICACEZ. 
E. vagans, Lin, mant. 2 p. 230. syst. 370. Smith, eng. bot. t. 3. 
E. vaga, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. $44. E. multiflora, Huds. 
angl. 166. Bull. fl. par. t. 203. E. didyma, Stokes, in With. 
arrang. 400. E. purpurascens, Lam. dict. 1. p. 488. Flowers 
small, pale, purplish-red, in the axils of the leaves, which are 
contiguous. Stem glabrous. 
Var. B, alba; flowers axillary, white. 
Var. y, tenélla; flowers white, terminating the small branches. 
Var. ò, pallida; flowers pale red. 
Common Cornish Heath. FI. July, Sept. 
1 foot. 
2 G. purpura’scens (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. 17. p. 
153.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, glabrous ; flowers axillary; 
corollas tubular or campanulate ; anthers deeply bifid; calycine 
segments awl-shaped. kh. H. Native of the south of Europe. 
Erica purpurascens, Lin. spec. 503. Seg. veron. 280, Thunb. 
mon. no. 44, Flowers pale purplish-red. 
Purplish-flowered Moor-Heath. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
fe) G. RASTE'LLUM; branches flexuous, hispid; leaves linear, 
in fascicles, reflexed; flowers terminal, tetragonal, drooping a 
little ; calyxes coloured, adpressed ; corolla campanulate. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica rastellum, Spreng. 
syst. 2. p. 196. 
Rastellum Moor-Heath. Shrub. 
4 G. microsroma; leaves 4 in a whorl, clothed with woolly 
hairs, linear, hispidly ciliated, spreading ; flowers axillary, pedi- 
cellate, aggregate ; corolla campanulate. h..G, Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Erica microstéma, Berg. pl. cap. p. 97. 
Flowers purplish-red. 
Small-mouthed Moor-Heath. Cit. 1810. 
Shrub. 
5 G. pindsa ; leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, spreading, pilose ; 
flowers terminal, few, villous, pedicellate, erect ; bracteas remote 
from the calyx, spreading, very villous ; corollas campanulate. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica pilosa, Lodd. 
bot. cab. 606. Flowers greenish-yellow. 
ae Moor-Heath. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1800. Shrub 
oot, 
Shrub 
Britain. 
Fl. Aug. Nov. 
** Leaves 4-5 ina whorl. Corollas urceolate. 
6 G. murtrròra (D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, 1834.) 
leaves 4-5 in a whorl, glabrous, linear ; flowers axillary, dis- 
posed in a racemose corymb ; bracteas remote from the calyx ; 
Corolla with an urceolar tube, or ovate bell-shaped ; holes of 
anthers near the apex. h.H. Native of the south of Europe. 
Erica multiflora, Lin, spec. ed. 1. p. 355. diss. no. 58. with a 
gure of the flower. Andr. heath. 2. t. 57. Ait. hort. kew. 2. 
P. 367. Lodd. bot. cab. 1572. E. juniperifòlia, &c. Garid. 
ax. p. 160. t. 82, E. multiflòra longipedicellàta, Wendl. eric. 
fase, 5, p. 7. E. peduncularis, Presl. Corolla 14 to 2 lines 
long, pale red, campanulate, with a reflexed limb; anthers black. 
edicels twice longer than the corolla. 
Many-flowered Moor-Heath. Fl. Oct. Feb. Clt. 
7 G. CARNEA (D. Don. l. c.) leaves 3-4 in a whorl, linear, 
glabrous; flowers axillary, drooping, disposed in secund ra- 
cemes; bracteas remote from the calyx; corolla with a pyra- 
midal tube; anthers foraminose from the middle. k. H. 
ative of the South of Germany and Switzerland, and the north 
of Wales. Erica cárnea, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 504. Curt. bot. 
mag, t. 11. Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 21. f. 31. Scop. fl. carn. ed. 2. 
Vol. 1. p. 275. Lodd. bot. cab. 1452. Erica herbàcea, Lin. 
diss, no. 57. with a figure; spec. ed. 2. p. 501. Wendl. eric. 
% p. 7. with a figure. Erica saxátilis, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
» 848, Flowers pale red. Corollas conical, 2} lines long. 
aves sharply reduplicate. 
VOL. u. 
801 
Clt. 
II. Gypsocattts, 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Moor-Heath. Fl. Jan. April. 
1763. Shrub 4 foot. 
8 G. Mepirerra'nzA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves 4-5 in a whorl, 
linear-cuneated, glabrous; flowers axillary, racemose, secund, 
nutant; bracteas above the middle of the pedicels; corolla 
urceolar ; anthers foraminose from the middle. h.H. Native 
of the south of Europe, in the region of the Mediterranean; and 
of Ireland, &c. Erica Mediterranea, Lin. mant. p: 229. diss. 
no. 59. with a figure of the flower. Wendl. eric. 7. p. 11. 
Curt. bot. mag. 471. Erica lugùbris, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. 
p. 343. Flowers red, with dark anthers. Corolla 14 to 2 lines 
long. 
Mediterranean Moor-Heath. Fl. March, May. Ireland. Shrub 
4 to 6 feet. 
9 G. Horizonta‘Lis ; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, spreading ; 
flowers terminal, sessile, usually by threes, drooping; calycine 
segments spatulate, serrated; corolla conical. hb. G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica horizontalis, Andr. heath. 2. 
t. 52. Flowers white, with brown anthers. 
Horizontal Moor-Heath. FI. July, Sept. 
1 to 14 foot. 
10 G. procu’mBens; leaves 4 in a whorl, linear, spreading, 
glabrous; flowers terminal, subaggregate, villous; bracteas re- 
mote from the calyx; corolla globosely ovate. .G. Native 
of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica proctimbens, Lodd. -bot. cab. 
1993. Flowers reddish-purple. 
Procumbent Moor-Heath. Fl. June, July. Clit. 1800. Shrub 
procumbent. 
11 G. niseipa; leaves 4 in a whorl, hispidly ciliated, linear, 
spreading, obtuse; flowers terminal, racemose, pendulous ; 
bracteas remote from the calyx ; corolla urceolate, globose. h. 
G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica hispida, Andr. 
heath. 2. t. 56. Lodd. bot. cab. 1982. Corollas red. 
Hispid Moor-Heath. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1791. 
2 feet. 
12 G. FLE'XILIS ; branches villous; leaves 4 in a whorl, beset 
with glandular hairs; flowers axillary, racemose, drooping: 
pedicels viscid; corolla 14 line long, with an ovate tube ; fruit 
woolly. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Erica 
racemosa, Thunb. diss. no. 47. with a figure. Erica fléxilis, 
Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 342. Calycine segments ciliated with 
glands. 
Bent Moor-Heath.’ Shrub. 
Clt. 1800. Shrub 
Shrub 
** * Leaves 3 ina whorl, Corollas campanulate. 
13 G. MANIPULIFLIÒRA (D. Don, l. c.) branches hoary ; 
leaves 3 in a whorl, obtuse, smoothish ; flowers disposed in in- 
terrupted axillary fascicles ; corolla cup-shaped, 14 line long ; 
anthers erect. h.H. Native of Arabia and Greece. Erica 
manipuliflora, Sal. in Lin. trans. 6. p. 344. Sibth. et Smith, 
fl, græc. t. 852. Erica verticillata, Forsk. fl. p. 210. Flowers 
pale red. 
Handful-flowered Moor-Heath. Shrub. 
14 G. tana‘ra; leaves 4 in a whorl, woolly; flowers ter- 
minal; bracteas sessile, imbricated ; corolla short, tubular ; 
calyx very hairy. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Erica lanata, Andr. heath. 3.t.42. Erica flaccida, Link, enum. 
berol. 1. p. 367. Bedf. hort. eric. wob. p. 10. Corollas white, 
with brown anthers. 
Woolly flowered Moor-Heath. FI. July, Dec. Clt.? Shrub. 
15 G. LEUCANTHE`RA ; leayes 3 in a whorl, linear, glabrous, 
erect; branches twiggy; flowers terminal, drooping ; pedicels 
glabrous; corolla 1 to 14 line long, funnel-shaped, having the 
limb quite entire, and length of tube; anthers foraminose near 
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